ERIC ED359131: Challenges of the 1990's: Economic Development, Social Equity, and Environmental Protection in Mexico and Guatemala. Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad Program (November 14, 1992).

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Challenges of the 1990's: Economic Development,
Social Equity, and Environmental Protection in Mexico
and Guatemala. Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad
Program (November 14, 1992).
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Institute of International Education, New York,
N.Y.
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Center for International Education (ED), Washington,
DC
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241p.; Several reproducibility problems
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DESCRIPTORS
Cultural Education; *Developing Nations; Economic
Development; Educational Resources; Elementary
Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Foreign
Culture; *Instructional Materials; *Teacher Developed
Materials; Teaching Experience
IDENTIFIERS
*Guatemala; *Mexico
ABSTRACT
This collection of curriculum projects
concern
Guatemala and Mexico and were written by U.S. school teachers
who
participated in the Summer 1992 Fulbright-Hays Seminar
Abroad
Program. The following are some titles of included curriculum
projects: "Problems and Opportunities of Guatemala,
A Developing
Nation"; "Mexico: Integrated Activities for Intermediate
Students";
"Mexico: A Mixture of Cultures, A Multi-Visual Presentation";
and
"The Continuity of Mayan Culture: An Empirical
Analysis Resulting
from a Fulbright-Hays Seminar in Guatemala and Mexico,
1992." (DB)
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"Challenges of the 1990's:
Economic Development, Social Equity, and Environmental Protection
in Mexico and Guatemala"
Summer 1992
Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad Program
Administered by the
Institute of International Education
for the
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION
OfIrce of Educ.auonal Research and Improvement
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Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar 1992
Challenges of the 1990's:
Economic Development, Social Equity, and Environmental Protection
in Mexico and Guatemala
Contents
Brahaney, Sarah J.
Curriculum Project: Problems and opportunities of
J.E.B. Stuart High School
Guatemala; a developing nation
Falls Church, Virginia
Brown, Dihanne
Curriculum Project: Guatemala & Mexico
Harlan Elementary School
Florence, Alabama
Dahiquist, Kari L.
Curriculum Project: Mexico: Integrated Activities
Concord Elementary School
for Intermediate Students
Edina, Minnesota
Duckworth, Elizabeth E.
Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar
Fairfax County Public Schools
Guatemala and Mexico 1992
Falls Church, Virginia
Forgy, Anne N.
Curriculum Project: Mexico
West Boulevard Elementary
Columbia, Missouri
Glisson, Joan M.
1. Mexico: A Mixture of
Curriculum Projects:
E. R. Dickson Elementary
Cultures, A Multi-Visual Presentation; 2. Marketplace
Mobile, Alabama
at Chichicastenango; 3. Sensational Guatemalan
People
Kenny, Patricia A.
Curriculum Project: Mexico and Guatemala
Asa Adams Elementary School
Tapestries of Past and Present
Orono, Maine
Lau, Eileen P.
Curriculum Project: Mexico/Guatemala
Bren Mar Park Elementary
Alexandria, Virginia
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The Continuity of Mayan Culture: An Empirical
Olea, Mary E.
Analysis Resulting from a Fulbright-Flays Seminar in
Pescadero High School
Guatemala and Mexico, 1992
Pescadero, California
Mexico and Guatemala: A Slide Presentation
Pickles, Jean I.
Falling Water Elementary School
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Curriculum Project: The Biomes of Guatemala
Wasserman, Susan H.
Shaw Avenue School
Valley Stream, New York
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FULBRIGHT PROJECT
NOV.14,1992
SARAH JEANNINE BRAHANEY
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of Guatemala a
on problems and opportunities
Lesson Plan
developing nation.
have each group answer the
Divide the class into groups and
present their findings
following questions. Have each group
defend their proposals.
to the class. Have each group
Guatemala, list the major
i.Using the socioeconomic data on
problems facing the country.
and exports, tell whether
2.Using the information on imports
disadvantage in the world
Guatemala has an advantage or
market. Explain your answer.
which is to decidde the
3. You are a member of a department
what percentage
funding of programs in Guatemala. Decide
of the following agencies and
your budget will go to each
and explain your
how the money will be spent. Justify
decisions.
A.Education
B.Nutrition programs
C.Medicine
D.Tourism--Investigate the possibility of developing
tourism as a major industry. Use pictures and slides as part
of your investigation.
people are malnourished, would
E.Agriculture--If so many
you continue to export food products? Why or why not?
F.Industrial Development
G.Specific programs to train doctors, technological experts,
teachers.
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SOME RELEVANT SOCIOECONOMIC DATA
ON GUATEMALA
Average monthly family income, year 1989 - Q360 s- $72
Average monthly income, year 1983, for worker.
affiliated to social security vol Q302 t $60
Price increase of the basic food basket from
1983 to 1990 was 31%
Ulmer layout rate year 1909 was 42.6% (7.2% copes
unemployment,
33.4% underemployment)
, while
90% et the families ;,It 96% of the national income
10% seta 44% of the income, the distribution fluid*
this 10% is also very inegnitabit,
for example 3% of the families 'erns, 20% of the
National income
34% of the famillee live ender the line of extreme poverty
(Iacono* lasufficient to buy a basic food basket)
65% of the famine, located In the lowest !scone
level comma*: 29% of the available bread
30% of the available meat
22% of the available milk
39% of the fossilise dida't have hetes to any water
distriloutioa system (year 1393)
41% of the families didn't have access to any
toilet system (year 1990)
Around 40% of the child*** primary school age didn't
have access to school
!M.
Illiteracy rate of popalation 13 years or more was 43%
, year
on the other baud imams illiteracy is much higher , as is rural e:aas,
also fanctiosal illiteracy is muck higher
Of around 9.0 millioa people in year 1983:
health services
- 6 wallies didn't have access to
- 3.6 million dids'i have access to Wahl* water
malnourished
- 0.3 million children were advancely
primary or
- 1.4 miIlioa children do rot go to
secondary school
- 2.4 saillios adults are illiterate
- Amend 3 million people are considered extremely poor,
of those 3 million live In rural areas
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capita Income was similar
la 1*111 the per
la 20 pars
la 1900 was the tom'
The amass salary
oichange rats value
Quetzal loose 46% of Its
Only is 1900 the
grade only 27
children that *Broils la first
Of *my 100
(primary school)
finish sixth grads
pre-primary,
educational coraring is 73% la
The deficit in
70% Is secondary school
39% In primary and
PRINCIPAL EXPORTS
1990
(Annual FOB value, U.S. $ millions)
1989
323
373
Green Coffee
288
249
Other Manufactured Goods
257
224
Non-Traditional Products
86
120
Sugar
68
79
Bananas
34
30
Cardamom
27
26
Meat
24
26
Raw Cotton
15
21
Petroleum
1,162
1,108
Total
PRINCIPAL EXPORTS 1990
(% e! total FOB export value)
Meat
2
Petroleum
2
Raw Cotton
2
Cardamom
3
Bananas
6
Sugar
10
22
Non Traditional Products
25
Other Manufactured Goods
28
Green Coffee
30
25
20
0
15
10
5
(SOURCE: BANGUAT,
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PRINCIPAL IMPORTS
1990
1989
U.S. $ millions)
(Annual CIF value,
Raw Materials and
569
542
Intermediate products
297
365
Consumer Goods
301
326
and Tools
Machinery, Equipment
283
229
Fuels and Lubricants
182
172
Construction Material
17
20
Miscellaneous
1,649
1,654
Total
PRINCIPAL IMPORTS 1990
value)
(% of total CIF Import
miscellarceouS
Ccnslruction rr,a.erl is
Is and lubricants
Cor,surr,e.r goOds
1-13.;.hInE-r;, t-qJir-^en; and
r...altrIals and intErrrediate
products
35
30
25
20
'0
15
5
0
(SOURCE: BANGUAT
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